DESSIN Evaluation of the improvement of Ecosystem Services as a result of ASRRO application

“Water scarcity and quality issues form common concerns in many regions in and outside of Europe. Within the DESSIN project, innovative solutions are tested at five demo sites across Europe. This document contains the ESS evaluation the Westland demo case.
At the Westland demo site, aquifer storage and recovery technology (ASR) is used to inject fresh water into the first aquifer at horticultural greenhouse complexes. This technology partially compensates for the abstraction of brackish groundwater, which is used, after desalinization, for crop irrigation. The technology creates value for three types of ecosystem services (ESS): Availability of groundwater for irrigation, chemical water conditions, and stormwater retention. Further upscaling of the technology could reduce sea water intrusion along the coastline as well.
Under current policy, this technology is not used at most horticultural complexes in the region. Planned policy revisions may however provide opportunities for wide scale application.”

(Citaat: Stofberg, S.F., Paalman, M.A.A., Zuurbier, K.G. – Evaluation of the improvement of Ecosystem Services as a result of ASRRO application – DESSIN D33.2 (2018))